A much louder sound exploded where the tip of the whip met He Yiming's fingers.

Following that, the green long whip recoiled at incredible speed, as if its vital point had been struck, like a venomous snake.

He Yiming glanced down at his fingertips, and the heavy stone that had been lodged in his heart finally settled completely.

He was well aware that the physique of a human could not compare to that of a Sainted Beast, and whether or not one utilized a Divine Weapon had a massive impact on personal martial prowess. However, back at Ghost Crying Ridge, that terrifying Dragon Serpent had swept toward him, using its tail as a whip. At that time, He Yiming had used the unified power of Light and Darkness to effortlessly repel the fearsome serpent's tail.

Once the power of Light and Darkness merged, it instantly combined the characteristics of both forces, unleashing them with far greater might.

This energy coiled around He Yiming like a vortex, creating endless rings of power. Any force that threatened him would be entangled by this ceaseless spiral until all powerful hostile energies were completely neutralized.

If he could easily resist and push away the Dragon Serpent's actual tail, then this green long whip in Ao Borui's hands, no matter how formidable, could not pose any sense of danger to He Yiming.

And indeed, that was the case. He Yiming extended a single finger, and the powers of Light and Darkness immediately erupted before him in a swirling dance. By the time the whip tip touched his finger, the power adhering to it had already been largely depleted, leaving it no match for the fully primed He Yiming.

Ao Borui’s expression shifted slightly. With a flick of his wrist, the long whip abruptly changed direction, ghosting behind He Yiming and aiming for the back of his head.

He Yiming's eyes brightened; he felt a strange familiarity, reminiscent of facing Garfield.

This long whip was wielded with consummate skill in Ao Borui's hands. Among all the opponents he had encountered, perhaps only the Dark Chains wielded by the Dark Council Master could be compared to it.

A surge of uncontrolled power spontaneously welled up within him. Once roused, these forces were released without hesitation, forming a strange, alternative world around his body.

He Yiming gave a wry smile. He had been deliberately controlling the unified Light and Darkness power within him, restraining it from being easily unleashed. But this time, after that single brush with Ao Borui’s whip, these forces, not yet fully mastered, burst forth like a catastrophic flood.

Ao Borui’s long whip sliced through the air like a sharp sword, moving faster than sound itself to strike downward.

However, the whip’s speed abruptly decelerated, as if an invisible wall stood before it, completely halting its forward momentum.

Nevertheless, the power Ao Borui imbued into the whip could not be underestimated. After swaying left and right several times, the tip finally pierced through the heavy blockade and seemed poised to connect with the back of He Yiming’s head.

But at that precise moment, a long, slender, yet powerful palm appeared abruptly at the slowed tip of the whip, gripping it without mercy.

A strange energy, like a spiral, raced swiftly along the whip toward its master.

The moment the immense power of the unified Light and Darkness erupted from He Yiming, both Ao Borui and Zi Duli’s expressions drastically changed. Though both were beings of supreme power, neither could immediately discern the source of this energy.

The reason why the former Patriarch of the Yellow Springs could call out the power before the Light and Dark forces of the two Western powerhouses had unified was because he knew the Pope and the Grand Master intimately.

But these two were different. Even if their imaginations were a hundred times richer, they could never have conceived that someone could fuse these two powers within his Dantian.

Such a feat was perhaps only achievable by that legendary figure from the West ten thousand years ago—and even then, it only happened after he ascended to the Divine Realm.

However, the moment this power was released, they instantly felt an overwhelming oppressive force, and a sense of extreme crisis washed over their entire bodies.

It felt as if He Yiming before them was not a master of the same rank, but a being a full tier higher.

Of course, this thought merely flashed through their minds.

In this current world, the peak of the Human Dao represented the strongest human masters; to advance further was considered utterly impossible.

Ao Borui vigorously shook his wrist multiple times, attempting to yank the whip tip free from He Yiming’s grasp.

A powerful pulling force transmitted from the whip head into He Yiming’s palm, causing a sensation akin to burning heat.

His grip loosened, and the long whip cut a bizarre trajectory, dragging far away.

He sighed inwardly. The physical body of a human was still far inferior to that of a Sainted Beast. If this lash had struck White Horse Lightning, perhaps not even a single white whip mark would have appeared. But in his hand, even maintaining his grip was difficult.

The might of a Divine Weapon truly surpassed that of bare hands.

At that moment, he intensely missed the Five Elements Ring and its formidable five-fold power amplification.

Ao Borui let out a sudden, furious roar. Although he had successfully retrieved the Divine Weapon from He Yiming’s grasp, the vortex-like Light and Darkness power He Yiming transmitted was certainly not pleasant.

This energy was immense. Although only a portion had invaded along the whip, the might it displayed was unbelievably powerful.

Moreover, this energy was bizarre, possessing both repulsive and attractive properties simultaneously. Under the assault of these two contradictory forces, it swept forward along the whip with unstoppable momentum. When this incredible force reached his hand, it sent a violent tremor through him.

Retreating rapidly, Ao Borui sought to put sufficient distance between himself and his opponent.

Simultaneously, brilliant light burst forth from his hand, and the long whip crackled, its green luminescence suddenly intensifying greatly. He was deploying his most potent Wood Divine Power to resist this insidious, retaliatory energy.

Zi Duli sucked in a sharp breath. Ao Borui had already resorted to his strongest Divine Power right at the beginning of their exchange—something unimaginable in the past.

Sharp light flickered in his eyes as he sensed the powerful energy emanating from He Yiming.

Zi Duli was certain this was definitely not the Five Elements Power, but the sheer magnitude of this energy was likely no less than that released by the legendary Five Elements Physique.

Suddenly, his face grew exceedingly grim.

At this moment, two individuals abruptly came to mind: the two supreme powerhouses whose deaths had just been reported.

Yet, in his heart, he simply could not believe that He Yiming could have unified these two powers.

A long laugh escaped He Yiming’s lips. The moment Ao Borui began to retreat, He Yiming immediately pressed his advantage without hesitation. He strode forward, each step taken reinforcing the aura around him, and the unified Light and Darkness power surged with increasing intensity.

Repulsion and attraction—these two opposing forces worked together flawlessly in that instant.

He Yiming vaguely sensed Ao Borui's intended retreat path. He strode forward, his pace not overtly fast, but there seemed to be an inexplicable tether between him and Ao Borui. No matter how the ancestor of that Grotto-Heaven retreated, he could not escape He Yiming’s pursuit.

This was the adhesive property of Dark Power. Once entangled by He Yiming’s energy, he was like a small insect caught in a spider’s web; the surrounding darkness would bind tighter and tighter until he was completely restrained.

Ao Borui’s face was dark as water, but at this point, he had become completely calm. Sensing the adhering power on the whip and the matching energy radiating from He Yiming, he made the most decisive choice.

His retreating figure suddenly stopped. He shook the long whip, transforming it into a perfectly straight long spear. The green Wood Divine Power on it ignited fully, and countless barbs sprouted across the spear, resembling branches growing from a tree, adorning the green weapon into something terrifyingly ferocious.

Then, with a roar, he charged straight toward He Yiming with the spear. A massive, swirling force of the Five Elements erupted around him, and the spear in his hand began to spin like a top.

He Yiming’s expression hardened. This simple spear thrust momentarily choked off his breath.

When a peak Human Dao expert unleashes their full power, even He Yiming could not easily withstand it.

However, at this stage of martial endeavor, he had nothing left to fear.

He slowly pushed both hands forward, and the power, long fused into one, was finally released without reservation. Within this force, there was also a powerful rotational energy, interspersed with strange points of light that twinkled like distant stars.

The two sets of forces finally became entangled. The spinning long spear slowed down visibly and, in an instant, came to a complete halt.

In the contest between the two rotating energies, Ao Borui’s incomplete Five Elements Power was completely overwhelmed.

Following this, a rapid series of explosions erupted, starting from the spearhead.

Like the fastest, most furious firecrackers igniting, the terrifying long spear detonated section by section.

Ao Borui’s Divine Weapon utterly burst apart, unable to withstand the power of the unified Light and Darkness. During this process, Ao Borui was utterly helpless, with no way to intervene.

He shuffled his feet in rapid succession, his figure flickering ghost-like, and somehow retreated bizarrely amidst the explosion.

When his feet finally settled, his face was completely drained of color.

“Light and Darkness Fusion…”

A voice seemingly echoing from the abyss, Ao Borui uttered the terrifying term, word by word, a name that struck fear into all peak Human Dao masters!

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